Motion Pictures
June 7, 2002
Warner Bros. Pictures’ Interactive “Scooby-Doo” Website Makes Fans Part Of The Mystery-Loving Gang
(June 7, 2002 – Burbank, CA) – Zoinks! Meddling kids of all ages are invited to dive into the mystery at www.scoobydoo.com (AOL Keyword: Scooby Doo), the online extension of Warner Bros. Pictures’ live-action feature film adaptation of the beloved and long-running animated series “Scooby-Doo.”
Developed by Warner Bros. Online for Warner Bros. Pictures, www.scoobydoo.com presents an interactive website adventure that takes fans beyond the big screen and into the world of Scooby and the Mystery Inc. gang. The site offers one-of-a-kind features like the Scooby-Doo Translator, where visitors can enter text messages that are instantly translated into Scooby’s distinct dialect. (“Ruh-roh!”)
Other groovy highlights from the site include:
• “The Gang” profiles, where viewers can explore mini-sites devoted to each member of the Mystery Inc. gang: Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby. Each sleuth has his or her own game, screensaver, buddy icon, photo gallery, and much more.
• “The Van,” where fans can hop inside the legendary Mystery Machine and play games, hear music from the soundtrack and view promotional offers.
• The “Current Case” area of the site introduces visitors to Spooky Island and features Scooby-Doo trailers, posters, news, message boards, trivia, cast and filmmaker biographies.
• In the “Who’s the Most Velma?” feature, fans can submit photos of themselves to discover the extent of their likeness to Velma, the brainiest detective of the bunch.
The Scooby-Doo Website adventure also features interactive games; downloadable screensavers, photos and audio files; quizzes; message boards; buddy icons; and music from the movie’s high-energy soundtrack from hit-making artists Outkast, Shaggy, Busta Rhymes, Sugar Ray and Baha Men.
“This highly imaginative and interactive site captures the world and spirit of the movie,” said Don Buckley, Senior Vice President, Interactive Marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures. “For over three decades Scooby-Doo and the Gang have been entertaining fans all over the world, and we’re proud of this site that extends the adventure online.”
“As we designed and built the Scooby-Doo site for Warner Bros. Pictures, we drew on the wealth of Scooby history and lore, as well as the humor and mystery of the new live action film,” said Jim Noonan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Warner Bros. Online. “Whether they grew up watching the Mystery Inc. gang in the Seventies or just got hip to the world of Scooby-Doo, fans can amplify their experience in this rich environment that combines the best elements of the original cartoon with the highly stylized flair of the film.”
Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film “Scooby-Doo” arrives in theatres nationwide on June 14.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Mosaic Media Group Production of a RAJA GOSNELL film, the live action adventure “Scooby-Doo,” starring FREDDIE PRINZE JR., SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR, MATTHEW LILLARD, LINDA CARDELLINI and ROWAN ATKINSON. Based on the classic characters created by Hanna-Barbera Productions, “Scooby-Doo” is produced by CHARLES ROVEN and RICHARD SUCKLE and directed by RAJA GOSNELL, from a screenplay by JAMES GUNN and story by CRAIG TITLEY & JAMES GUNN. The executive producers are ROBERT ENGELMAN, ANDREW MASON, KELLEY SMITH-WAIT and WILLIAM HANNA and JOSEPH BARBERA. The film editor is KENT BEYDA, A.C.E.; the production designer is BILL BOES; and the director of photography is DAVID EGGBY, A.C.S.
“Scooby-Doo” will be released worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, an AOL Time Warner Company.
This film has been rated PG for “some rude humor, language and some scary action.”
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